Midora is indeed inspired by The Minish Cap. Some tiles do look very similar, but you got to bear in mind that our tiles are much bigger than MC's. We're making a game for PC, not GBA :)

It is a shame indeed that we don't have so many backers right now, but personally I am pretty happy with the general feedback. Now all the project needs is some article on some big website like RockPaperShotgun to get some attention. With the current ratio, it would take a little under 3000 backers to reach the goal... that's entirely possible with an article on a website with hundreds of thousands visitors per day!

The level editor we are giving out to the public will be modified to only create maps for the arena mode. It does seem like a lot of money, but the arena mode will be available as a standalone game for free as well, which means. The $50,000 will also be used to improve the game. Stretch goals aren't always for one thing, we just show what will be "unlocked" but that's never the only thing.

Don't worry about it, sharing the word on social networks probably helps just as much! Thanks Adarias :)

I'm editing the FAQ right now ;)

 We have a playable demo coming next week, so that should show some development hopefully. The video is something else entirely, but I'll try to make one and explain the project if I can.

Thank you for your comments everyone!

 I'd play this.

I had no choice in the matter. Kickstarter campaigns require you to have a US credit card and a US address. Some non-US companies often setup subsidiaries I think to access Kickstarter, but in my case that was impossible since our company is not ready yet. We don't have the funds to be able to all meet in the same place, and I can't setup the company in France for government/economic issues.

Indiegogo is not that bad, but I guess I will have to work some more on the marketing to be seen!

Here, here and here

 If you want to see more, you can check out Midora's blog ;)

 You should use Paint.NET, it's very friendly too and super easy to make things transparent.

 I agree, it sure looks like meat! afk bbq

 Whaaaaat I'm in a game? XD
Nice and cute characters :)

 Lovely style and palette!

 Midora is in fact heavily inspired by Minish Cap, and this kind of weird perspective is a tribute to all 2D zelda games that made our childhood so much fun. If it weren't for Zelda, I wouldn't be making this game today ;)

Midora will be played with a x2 zoom.

 You might want to try a better perspective with more layers of leaves, the big one looks really flat on top.
Also, what's on the bottom? Mushrooms? Roses?
 

 Oh don't worry, it's coming ;)

 Saw it on RPS too, it was an adorable game. Pretty hard sometimes, but fun nonetheless :)

 Good job on that, looks just like him :]

 Who doesn't love V for Vendetta? It's my favorite movie of all time. Good job on that piece =D

 Looks pretty great to me, nice work!

 Fantastic work 

 Great job on these lil guys, also loving the house. Walls and floor could be more detailed though, looks a bit plain. You're also missing the window's light on the bed.

 This piece looks really nice, but I think the little glowing balls are wrong. Shouldn't the ones in the dark be the ones glowing, and the other ones close to light sources the ones that are not? Just my humble opinion 

 Even though the character and animation are great, I don't think the top of her head (the hair) should be shrinked down at all during the animation. Do it just like in the old animation